Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-16
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS
ADescriptiOn of Its Location, sois, Climate, Schools, Churches, Railroads. Water.COurses,
 Timber and Agric lltnr-
 al Resources.

VI. mart of the state. being bounded on the east by Ouachita county, on the northeast ana north bv Clark, from which il Is separated by Little Missouri river, on the west bN Hempsteud, and on the south by Columbia It has an area of about G10 square miles ana in 1880 had population of l3,0oo lhhapi- tants
 Topography.
 The surface of the country is generally un- dulating; few places being too broken Tor cultivation. or too level for drainage. The | southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouachta and Red rivers; the small streams on the east tide flowing to the tributaries of the ouaclii- ta, and those on the west to the tributaries ot the Red. All the branches and rivulets of the northern part flow to the Little Missouri. Prairi De Anne, beautiful little inland prairie. seven miles long from east to west, is situated in the northern part of the county, closely surrounding the town of Prescott on the east, north and west.
 Water-Courses.
 The principal water-coursc is Little Mis- souri river, Il beautiful stream which has it's source in the Caddo mountains. It flows in southeasterly direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for long distance. Before the rail- roads penetrated this scction small steamers navigatcd the river during the winter and spring seasons. The land along the margin of the river ts fertile and exceedingly well timbered. The bottom is a valuable stock range It has few lagoons and bayous, and is not considered sicllv stream. The Terre Rouge creek is the next largest stream. It crosses the northern part of the county from the west to the east emptying into the Little Missouri river. The Clancy creek drains the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west, south of the Terre Rouge. The Bodcaw isa small creek in the southwestern portion ot county. The land bordering on it is very fertile. It flows south into the Dorcheat, Il tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 The Si. Louis, Iron Mountain X Southern Railway, the great Southern route from St. Louis and the North and East through Ar kan s,,s and Texas to Mexico and California. pehetrates the northern part of the county, entering it on the east side near Boughton station, and going out on the west ut Elnnet, Il distance of fifteen miles The Ouachita x Choctav Railroad. proposed road now be- ing surveyed from point on the Ouachita river. near Camden, to point on the line of i the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule, must, by stipulation in the charter, pass by tEc town of Prescott and through the county from the southeast to the northwest. Soil and Climate.
 The soil of the southern and southwestern portions of the county is sandy loam, well adapted to corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re- 1 zion. In the central and western portions l the soil is gray dirt, fertile and susceptible of | ,1.. tl...t part of the county is varied. but is mostly red dirt and very fertile. The soil of Prairie De Anne is gray dirt, and adapted to small grain and grasses, the native grass on the | open prairie yielding from two to three tons | of fine hay per acre. There Is some very fine ] black land on the southwest side of the prai- ric, though the red dirt land prcdominates 1 The climate k salubrlous and healthful. The | thermometer never goes below six degrees above zero in the winter. and ranges from 20 to 100 in the shade during the summer months.
 | Timber.
 The county is remarkably we'll timbered ! Its most valuable woods are yellow pine, ev- cry variety of oak and hickory, sweet, black and tupelo gum, maple. mulberry. ash wal nut, birch, beech, sycamore linn. dogwood, hackberry, holly, red and water elm. per shannon, cypress, beach, bois dare, black locust, honey locust, wild cherry, red bud and saSsafras.
 Products
 ! The principal products are corn. cotton, wheat. oats rye. barley, millet, broom corn, sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes, turnips, in fact vegetables of nearly every variety grow here to perfection. Experienced fruit growers assure Us that we hazard nothing in saving that no locality can grow a greater variety of fruit, and to greater perfection, 1 than Nevada county. The genial climate of this county, neither too cold in winter nor too not in summer, is peculiarly adapted to the culture of the grape.
 | Stock Raising.
 Noportion of the Southwest is better adapted to stock raising than Nevedu county, On Prairie De Anne and along the streams. cattle, horses and mules thrive and do well i the year round on the native grasses Hogs ! can be raised here almost without any care ut all. They fatten readily in the fall upon i the abundance of mast in the woods.
 Schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for educational purposes into forty school districts Prof. j. | E. Ongcr , the county examiner, is most etlici ent officer, and has the system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools are maintained by state tax of one-iifth of one per cent, poll tax of Sl on every mnle citi- zen over the age of twenty -one years. a local option tax, which cannot exceed one half of one per cent interest on the permanent school fund, and fines and forfeitures in certain cases. There are crcditable churches in al- most every neighborhood in the county. The leading denominations are the Mcthodists. nj, ;st. -I,s terans, Cumberland Prcsbytcrians. Christians and Episcopals.
 The Graded Free schools
 of Prescott for the whites are pronounced bv the State Superintendent of l'nblic Instruc- ton and others, the best in the state, except ing those of Little Rock only, and visitors from the Northd cclare them equal to the schools in towns of like size in any of the Northern states. Besides the healthy and ac- cessi5le location, Il moral and cntcrprising town and magnificent modern school build ing with ts seven large well lighted and ven tlatcd rooms seated with the best folding and lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, we claim the special advnn- tage of having an able and experienced facul- ty, Il large assortment of maps, globes and charts; chemical, botanical, philosophical, mathematical and astronomical apparatus: a large geological and chronological cabinet; d large and well selected library free to pu- pils systematic pcnmanship frequent scicn- tifc lecture, excellent advantages in music. painting and drawing; vocal music and calls themes as a daily exercise, and an interest | ing normal class for the lcaining of teachers. 1 The enrolment during the present scolasti, year runs up to near 300 pupils, and the | daily attendance about 2S0.
 Post Offices.
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